Newspapers

Newspapers are a valuable type of material for research, and are used as both primary and secondary sources. The Brown University Library has numerous newspapers across a variety of time periods, from diverse perspectives, and in different formats.

Access World News Research Collection is a full text news resource consisting over 7,000+ local, regional, national and international sources. New home of the Providence Journal.

To do research within specific newspapers, click Quick Links> eJournals on the library home page and search by newspaper title. You'll find access to all our online newspaper titles here.

We also have news titles in microfilm and print. Find full coverage (in all formats) by searching newspaper titles in the Library search box. On the left in the results list page, you'll find ways to narrow down by format.